#D6BE3B#D6BE3B

#D6BE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.146 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BE3B
RGB	rgb(214, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 72.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -5.42, 65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 65.68, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0216 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.146 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9367, 51.4412, 11.5937)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BE3B #3B53D6

analogous

#D6703B #D6BE3B #A0D63B

triadic

#D6BE3B #3BD6BE #BE3BD6

tetradic

#D6BE3B #3BD670 #3B53D6 #D63BA0

square

#D6BE3B #3BD670 #3B53D6 #D63BA0

split-complementary

#D6BE3B #3BA0D6 #703BD6

monochromatic

#7D6D1A #AF9A25 #D6BE3B #E1CF6E #EBE0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D6BE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#D6BE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BE3B

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BE3B	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6be3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.146 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d17a',
    500: '#d6be3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6be3b;
$custom-light: #e7d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6be3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.71,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79944,
    "c": 0.14634,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BE3B

secondary

#313E84

accent

#5AE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BE3B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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